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the original Prince of Tennis is by far the best, but that can't be already said. This series is far from being done. The art is amazing and its quite emotional (to me at least). If you love Prince of Tennis and look at the good in things before you start judging, you will love it!

I didn't watch any of this show, but I did make it through the opening. The song had me in stitches. It's pretty bad. We need one hundred and thirty two more characters. Now we need sixty eight more characters. Now we need eleven more characters. Yay

If you're into Tennis and you like Anime then you should definitely watch it because this anime has a good blend of real life tennis techniques and a little of you know the anime universe. I recommend watching the original one too! you will definitely like it i guarantee it.

Like many before me have said, the series feels very rushed and you don't get to learn much but I honestly feel that the reason that it's so rushed is because the creators want people to read the manga. If you read the manga, you get to see a lot more of the backgrounds of each character, and you can see both the wilderness and camp training in more of an equal view. The art style has definitely
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Like many before me have said, the series feels very rushed and you don't get to learn much but I honestly feel that the reason that it's so rushed is because the creators want people to read the manga. If you read the manga, you get to see a lot more of the backgrounds of each character, and you can see both the wilderness and camp training in more of an equal view. The art style has definitely improved, and this series is honestly just as amazing as it ever was.

I really enjoy the Prince of Tennis series. I watched the original show when it aired on Toonami, and found the rest online later as it quickly became a favorite show. I've been a fan of tennis and anime since I was pretty young, so this show is an epic combination for me. I have two minor complaints about The Prince of Tennis II however. The first being that after the original series, the show
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I really enjoy the Prince of Tennis series. I watched the original show when it aired on Toonami, and found the rest online later as it quickly became a favorite show. I've been a fan of tennis and anime since I was pretty young, so this show is an epic combination for me. I have two minor complaints about The Prince of Tennis II however. The first being that after the original series, the show took an even more "mystical" feel than before. Junior high students hitting shots that defy the laws of physics is enjoyable every now and then. But it goes a bit too far over time. The other complaint for the second season is that it is overall too short. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, and ends on a cliffhanger.

This show does have major potential though. I've watched the OVAs and am pretty far in the manga, and I believe this show could really pull through if they're given the chance to continue making it. I know that tennis isn't considered very popular in most places, but this series has helped spark many athletes to give it a go.

Artwork: 10/10
Plot: 9/10
Characters: 10/10
Length: 4/10

EDIT 12/31/2014
There are 6 OVA episodes yet to be added to Crunchyroll. Possible that the show will continue after all!

It feels like the focus was just suppose to be on the losers. Which is fine, and everything, but it was based on specific characters. I mean, it introduced so many new characters that we don't even get a background about through the entire series. Very rarely do we see how everyone at the U-17 camp is doing. Also, I was expecting a huge fight at the end, to see who ranked supreme, but that never
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It feels like the focus was just suppose to be on the losers. Which is fine, and everything, but it was based on specific characters. I mean, it introduced so many new characters that we don't even get a background about through the entire series. Very rarely do we see how everyone at the U-17 camp is doing. Also, I was expecting a huge fight at the end, to see who ranked supreme, but that never even happened. It seems like they rushed it as much as they could. I did love that they made a sequel to Prince of Tennis, just think they should have added more episodes.

This OVA series starts with a very interesting premise, in which we are introduced to a large group of characters that provide potential and entertainment. However, by the middle of the series we have the story completely simplified in the typical tale of the loser and in this case losers getting better than the winners. The main problem with this idea is that we never get closure. The plot in
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This OVA series starts with a very interesting premise, in which we are introduced to a large group of characters that provide potential and entertainment. However, by the middle of the series we have the story completely simplified in the typical tale of the loser and in this case losers getting better than the winners. The main problem with this idea is that we never get closure. The plot in itself is very simplistic and the only thing that matters (Yes, I am talking about the rematch) never happens. At then I do NOT recommend anyone to watch this anime.

I can't help but feel that this series was a complete waste of my time. I watched the entire original series, not including the movies, and really loved it - but this sequel doesn't hold a candle.

Over half of the short 13 episodes focus on their ridiculous wilderness training. The crazy training was the least interesting part of the first series and somehow here it became the main focus.
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I can't help but feel that this series was a complete waste of my time. I watched the entire original series, not including the movies, and really loved it - but this sequel doesn't hold a candle.

Over half of the short 13 episodes focus on their ridiculous wilderness training. The crazy training was the least interesting part of the first series and somehow here it became the main focus. We only see a handful of full matches, and they use abilities that cross the line from amusingly ridiculous to Dragonball-Z level.

In the original, sure, people hit the ball stupidly hard, or with crazy spin. They were often impossible shots, but it was easy to see what they were exaggerated based upon. Here we have people hitting ten balls simultaneously. That's where it really lost me. Hitting multiple balls at once was too specific to be an exaggeration of something people can really do. For Kaidoh's snake you could always think "I've seen a lot of spin on the ball, this is just an extension of that". For ten balls at once there's no realistic comparison.

It's the same with the beginning of the wilderness training. You have people climbing a steep rock face with no climbing equipment - someone even starts to fall to what will clearly be his death until someone catches him. There was nothing of quite that level in the original.

And don't expect any of the characters to be fleshed out in any way, except a tiny bit for Tezuka.

As someone who thoroughly enjoyed the original Prince of Tennis, I can't recommend strongly enough to avoid this one.

About the Show

Middle school students fought fiercely against one another in a national tournament.
Now, 50 chosen representatives return to fight again as
Middle school students fought fiercely against one another in a national tournament.
Now, 50 chosen representatives return to fight again as high school students!
The stage is the U-17 (Under Seventeen) Japanese Representative Training Camp.
Middle school students have been invited for the first time to a camp known to produce the best Japanese tennis players. National champions from Seigaku, Hyotei, Rikkai, Shitenhoji... With all the rivals from the national tournament attending, everyone eagerly awaits their reunion.
At first, the middle schoolers do not expect much from their high school opponents. However, the training camp is not so easy!
Athletes with skills incomparable to those they previously faced and their mysterious coach appear before them. Faced with numerous demanding challenges, can the middle schoolers survive in this meritocratic training camp?
The new chapter of "Prince of Tennis" begins here!
The curtain rises on a new stage--
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